Buenas noches glimpsers familias!
Today was day four of our journey which we started off with a large cup of carrot juice. These pasts breakfasts have been blessed with fresh squeezed juices like passion fruit and strawberry, homemade by Dilenia’s crew. The meals we have been eating have been such a blessing to myself and the other glimpsers. Big love to Dilenia!
We moved onwards to a local farm in Tireo, to learn more about agriculture in the Dominican Republic and their impact on the community and in The States. Juanryes, one of the farmers we met, gave us a tour and depicted life as an agricultor which we got to slightly experience through spending a few hours in the sun and in places like the greenhouse. Working in these types of harsh environments is just another day for most Dominicans, I could tell a lot of the glimpsers gained a lot of perspective and myself included, will think twice about complaining about doing the dishes. Our venture was extremely interesting and I absolutely loved spending time outside learning and making connections between life in the DR and The States. Life is very different here but at the same time, part of me has never felt more at home. We are much more interconnected than we think.
Lastly, our first English class was today! Luis and I were assigned to a beginners speakers class which was scary at first because of my very basic Spanish skills! However, our class went so wonderfully! Luis drifted towards the older students who caught up more quickly while I hung back with a handful of little boys who were as clueless about English as I was to Spanish. I was surprised to how understanding the students were to our lack of communication through speaking, however, the language barrier stood no chance in getting in-between the immediate connections we all cultivated.
My rose of the day was getting to learn more about subjects that I am super passionate about and getting to know Dominican culture more and more. However, my thorn was not hearing more blog comments from you all in our nightly meeting! Please don’t keep my thorn growing, we love hearing from you all!
Much love to Momma, Papa, Diego, Devan and many more! I love you guys so much and cant wait to tell you more about what this trip is like. Hope you guys are well, love you. Will call as soon as I can 🙂
Thank you Soha and Grace for your blog posts. It was nice to read two blogs with two different perspectives of the day. I bet many parents are very happy, just like me, that there will be no more complaining about washing dishes once you all return home!! It must be very eye opening to learn about how hard the farmers work in Costanza and also how eager the locals are to learn English from you. It must also be interesting to be able to make connections with locals despite the language barriers. The fresh juices sound amazing. Looking forward to reading about tomorrow. Make each day great. Sincerely, Sophia Bijan’s Mom
P.S. Bijan, Ariana, Granny and I miss you!!!!! Can’t wait to hear about all of your adventures. Love you Son.
Hi Luis am so happy that you are beginning you’re teaching curriculum I’m really proud of you I know that you’re excelling, your great tutor and I know you’re going to be an amazing teacher. The Warriors play tomorrow game six, Bogut is out he hurt his knee…i will keep you updated. Take care all.
Hello All,
Sounds like a great adventure and it’s wonderful to follow along by blog post.
Lila Anne: hope you’re enjoying it all! We miss you greatly and (no surprise!) it’s so quiet around here. Can’t wait to see you and hear all about it. Take good care.
Dad
Good morning Lila! (well when you get this it will be night) It’s your little sister again. Everything sounds great in Constanza! What an awesome experience for you! Back home I have to write to application essays which I’m pretty nervous about. Every morning when I wake up I look over to your bed to see if you’re awake, but then I remember that you’re in a bed in another country. I”ll save a piece of candy for you from my swim lessons. Never forget I love you SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Missing you as always, Rosalie
P.S. I’m sending you an air hug.
Good morning Bianey and Angela! I hope you are both having a great time and making new friends! I can’t wait until you guys come back and tell me all about your trip. Please stay safe!
P.S. I snapchatted him B!!!! 😉 hahaha
GOD BLESS YOU GUYS!!!
Sup Bri!!
Today Ollie escaped the house as I was leaving early for work what a punk! Ma said when she let him back in he was running around meowing.
I hope you and your group stays hydrated, the farming experiences sound intense but fruitful. I hope that you’re all staying strong when it comes to the language barrier and still enjoying yourselves.
Hi Grace!
I hope you’re having a wonderful time. I’m all packed and ready to leave for my month of travels on Saturday, and I’ll see you when I return. I miss you loads. Also, I don’t imagine you and ghost stories mix that well because you’re kind of afraid of everything…. Well I hope you had fun anyway. Also you might be watching fluffy while I’m gone.
P.S. I hope you are having a lovely time too, Lila
Bonjour ma soha chérie plus que 4 jours et tu es de retour profité en bien pour faire un plein de souvenirs incroyables avec de nouveaux amis je t aime très fort plein de bisous de moi et mamytwo